This picture came from registration day for the summer program on Post Ave. Shortly after this advertisment was placed, a very kind spanish man in a car relayed to Jon and our friend Jason "You guys should be careful. This corner is hot. The cops might pick you two up with the rest of the guys that hang here" Jason said thanks for that advice then had good laugh. Hopefully, the drug buisness on Post lost a few grand over the summer.
This is Jon teaching martial arts to the kids from Post. My favorite little guy was Eduardo. In the middle of instruction he just blurts out,"I love karate!!!!" Everyone laughed. He really liked it. Sensai Jonathan had to remind Eduardo that while they want to have fun, he must raise his hand if he wants to speak during instruction. They had the classes at Manhattan Bible Church to get out of the heat.
This is a great way to cool off! Just pop the fire hydrant. Ha. Everyone does this. On the weekends, it's block party time. People come from thier apts with lawn chairs or crates and just chill out by the building while thier kids play in the street with the water. The kids are so creative. I saw some take a can with both ends cut out and put it over the hydrant so its like a big water gun. The stream is huge! Its cute until they start blocking the crosswalk or spraying cars. Then people get annoyed and call the fire department to close it off again. They also make little boats and put them on the side of the street so the water that is being wasted and screwing up everyone's water pressure, moves the boat down the block:) Just for an aside, the guys with the white shirts are not in a gang. A lot of guys wear white shirts/wife beaters up here just because it's hot. They have like crazy sales on white tees during the summer.
This pic was taken at our favorite Butcher shop. I don't know if you can tell, but everything is in spanish. Thankfully we know just enough spanish to order and the owner knows just enough english to help us out when we want something we don't know how to say... haha. Pointing helps a lot in these situations. These guys are great though. They always wave when we pass thier store "La Ruleta" I don't know what that means. The first time I went to buy meat and Jon wasn't there, the owner asked where Jon was. I knew that we were in then:) No matter what we bought, always came up to 10 dollars!!! No kidding.
This is in Central Park. This guy literally is there everytime I go. He sets up all of these hoolahoops and percussion instruments, then people gather and dance. It's so much fun!
Everybody loves breakdancers. I think we saw these guys near Rockafeller Center.
And I pretty much love this guy. We went to the park one day at the end of our block. It's called FT. Tryon. The coolest thing ever. Way better than Central:) Anyway, I took a nap on a blanket while Jon read. I woke up to a rumble in my belly. Not from bad sushi, but from the A train. I felt the subway underneath this huge hill we were on. I was pretty much amazed.
Well, that's all I have for now.
Tammy
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